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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/02/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes• STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned' at 11:15 a.m. ATTEST: �_ ��,. �,.�ir fI'.iiri�� July 2, 1951 _ • A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, July 2,,1951 the last meeting were read and at 9:30 A.M. All members were present. in the amount of Minutes of $29,192.78 were approved and ordered paid. approved. Salary claims the following suppliers in the amount of $11.,656.53 were approved and ordeie d Claims of h paid: Indiana Bell Telephone $ 9.30 Northern Indiana Wholesale Groc.$ Transit Co. 2220 13 Indiana Michigan Elec. Co. 10,634.14 170.92 Northwestern Royal Typewriter Co. 32.00 Indiana Michigan Elec. Co. Indiana Michigan Elec. Co. 423.99 Schwarz Paper Co. 61•�5 6.83 Levy -Ward Grocery Co. 23.61 South Bend Tribune . , Casimert s Super Market 195.00 0 • • SEWAGE DISPOSAL: South Bend Tribune, PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: 24.96 Maurice Vennet 50,00 iTRAFFIC_ ENGINEER: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertaining ,I to his department were discussed. Stop signs were approved by the Board for the following locations: On Kentucky Street at Dunham Street, both sides. On Napier Street at Maple Street, both sides. BUSSES: Mr. Hahn of the Northern Indiana Transit, appeared before the Board in regard !� to a change in the Rum Village Bus Route, which the Board had taken under advisement._ The Board approved the change in the r oute and Mr. Hahn informe d the Board that the change would go into effect on July 8, 1951. Notices of the change in route would be i� posted in public places by Northern Indiana Transit. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractor's bonds were approved and ordered fired for Lucian A. Szymanski, John C. Gillstrap, Edmund L. Kolupa, Herron Murray, Tommy Thomas and Earl J. Orrington, Jr., An Excavation bond was. approved and ordered filed for Fred Spromberg. f VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2678 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC VO RKSOF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: That it is desirable to vacate the following: The alley West of Michigan Street and East of Main Street from the North line of Navarre Street to the South Line of the first alley North of Navarre Street. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially effected by such vacation: Lots numbered nine (9) to fifteen (15) inclusive, and nineteen (19) to twenty- eight ( ) inclusive in Bartlett's First Addition. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 6th day of July tad on the 13th- day of July, 1951 in the South Bend Daily Tribune and the Weekly Mirror. (Record) This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 23rd day of July, 1951 at 10:00 A.M. (C.S.T.) will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings. Adopted this 2nd day of July, 1951 ATTEST: Freda G. Noble,. Clerk Frank J. Bruggner F. K. Baer R. S. Andrysiak BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY 292 ENGINEER'S REPORT NOS. 2665, 2666, 2667 - 1951 The Board of Public Works and Safety City of South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen; In the matter of the Bids for the improvement of Wilber Street from the North line of Fassnacht Street to the southerly line of LaPorte Avenue in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2665, 1951 AND Kenmore Street from the North line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Avenue in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2666, 1951 AND' Wellington Street from the North line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Avenue in accordance with Improvement Resolution No 2667, 1951 passed by this Board on May 7, 1951 and confirmed by this Board on June 4, 1951, we hereby report that we have examined the several bids submitted to the Board on June 25, 1951 and find that the Reed Construction Company has the lowest and best bid for a Class "C" -Type 1 - Cement Concrete Pavement and that all other bids were over the Engineer's Estimate.. We recommend that the kind of Pavement placed on the above streets be Class "C" Type 1, Cement Concrete Pavements. Respectfully submitted, WILBER GARTNER &.ASSOCIATES BY: Wilbur H. Gartner PRELIMINARY ORDERS NOS. 2665j. 2666t 26672 1951 South Bend, Indiana July 2, 1951 Whereas, the Board of Public Works and Safety pursuant to its notice to do so, met on the 25th day of June, 1951, at the hour of 10:00 A.M. CST and publicly opened and considered all bids for the improvement of Kenmore Street from the North line of Western Avenue to the South Line of Linden Avenue, in accordance- with Improvement Resolution No. 2666, 1951, AND j WILBER STREET from the North Line of Fassnacht Avenue to the southerly line of LaPorte Avenue, IN ACCORD& CE with improvement resolution No. 2665, 1951s AND WELLINGTON STREET from the North line of Western Avenue to the South line of Linden Avenue in accordance with improvement Resolution No. 2667, 1951 all passed by this Board on May 7, 1.951, and confirmed by this Board on June 4, 1951. Therefore, Be it Resolved that the roadway of said streets be improved byy'.;paving with a Class "C" - Type 1 - Cement Concrete Pavement. Freda G. Noble, Clerk (Signed) R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY A petition was received asking for the construction of a permanent type pavement on Wellington Street from Ford Street to Huron Street. This was referred to the City Engineer's office for investigation and report. CONTRACTORS COMPLETION AFFIDAVIT STATE OF INDIANA ) ) SS: ST. JOSEFH COUNTY ) IN THE MATTER relating to the Improvement made under Improvement Resolution No. 2644-1950 and the Plans and specifications therefore comes now Virgil H. Reed who being duly sworn upon oath deposes and says he is acquainted with the Reed Construction Compa the party to whom was awarded the contract and who performed the work under Improvement Resolution No. 2644-1950 ROBINSON STREET PAVEMENT. � I I That he is familiar with and personally knows the requirements of the plans and spec ifications of said improvement resolution and further knowsr that the said Reed Constructi n Company in the performance of said work complied with all the terms and conditions of said plans and specifications in every particular, and that the material used was of the character, kind, quantity and quality required therein and according to and under they direction of the Board of Public Works and Safety. i (signed) Virgil H. Reed Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of June, 1951. My Commission expires April 17, 1954 Richard B. Gartner, Sr. • 0 • • • ME ENGINEERtS CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION SOUTH BEND, INDIANA July 2, 1951 . To the Board of Public Works and Safety South Bend, Indiana We hereby certify that the contract between the City of South Bend, Owner, and the Reed Construction Company Contractor, for the construction of the pavement improve- • ment on ROBINSON Street from the South Line of Lincolnway East to the North line of Calvert Street under Improvement Resolution No. 2644-1950 has been completed in ` accordance with the plans and specifications for this project. { Respectfully submitted, I WILBUR H. GARTNER ANDASSOCIATES By Wilbur H. Gartner RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE j No. 2644-1950 � South Bend, Indiana July 2, 1951 i Be it Resolved by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the Final Estimate, and Primary "Assessment Roll submitted to the Board by the City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this 2nd day of July, 1951 on the improvement known as the ROBINSON STREET PAVEMENT as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2644-1950, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on August 14, 1950 and confirmed by said Board on September 5, 1950s be and the same is hereby adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby requested to give notice of the . hearing of Special Benefits on said Improvement, as required by Section N.111 or 120 of an Act entitled, "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" approved March 6, 1905. (signed) R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner Freda G. Noble, Clerk BOARD OF PUBLIC T RKSAND SAFETY NOTICE OF HEARING SPECIAL BENEFITS ON STREET IMPROVEMENT NO. 2644-1950 South Bend, Indiana Notice is hereby given, that the following Street Improvement has been completed, The general character of the Improvement, the stf;eet, alley or public place on which it has been made, and the terminal points thereof, are as follows: ROBINSON STREET from the south line of Lincoln Way East to the North line of Calvert Street by constructing a Class "C" Type 1 - Cement Concrete Pavement. There is on file in the office of the City Controller of said City an assessment roll with the names of the owners and description of property subjectcto be assessed with the amount of the prima facia assessment, and can be seen in the office of said City'Cont" roller. The Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, at the office of the Board in said City, will on the 16th dey of July, 1951 at 10:00 otclock A.M. CST receive and hear re- monstrances against the amounts assessed against their property respectively, on said j roll and will determine the question as to whether such lots, or tracts of land, have been or will be benefited by said Improvement to the amounts named on said roll, or is greater or less than that named on said roll or in any sum. At which place and time all owners of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be heard. il Published two times 7/6/51-7/13/51 (signed) R. K. Baer Anysiak 1i Frank J. Bruggner • Freda G. Noble, Clerk HOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY CONTRACTORS COMPLETION AFFIDAVIT STATE OF INDIANA ) SS: !� COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH` ) IN THE MATTER relating to the Improvement made under Improvement Resolution No. 2668-1951 and the Plans and specifications therefore comes no Virgil H. Reed, who being duly sworn upon oath deposes and says he is acquainted with the Reed Construction Compa the party to whom was awarded the contract and who performed the work under Improvement Resolution No. 2668-1951. East Dayton Street Pavement. 294 That he is familiar with and personally knows the requirements of the plans and specifications the said improvement resolution and further knows that the said Reed Construction Company in the performance of said work complied with all the terms and i conditions of said plans and specifications in every particular, and that the material used was of the character, kind, quantity and quality required therein and according to and under the direction of the Board of Public 'Works and Safety. it Virgil H. Reed Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd day of July, 1951 i (signed) Richard B. Gartner Sr. Notary Public, St, Joseph Co. Indiana j My Commission expires April 17, 1954 I it ENGINEERtS CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION I South Bend, Indiana July 2, 1951 To the Board of Public Works and Safety South Bend, Indiana - ; • ; We hereby certify that the contract between the City of South Bend, Owner, and the Reed Construction Company, Contractor, for the construction of the pavement improvement on East Dayton Street from the east line of Vernon Street to the west line of Twycken. ham Drive under Improvement Resolution No. 2668-1951, has been completed in accordance , with the plans and specifications for this project. j Respectfully submitted, WILBUR H. G ARTNER & ASSOCIATES BY: Wilbur H. Gartner f • RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE No. 2666-1951 South Bend, Indiana Uuly 2, 1951 Be It Resolved, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the Final Estimate, and Primary Assessment Roll submitted to the Board by tie City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this 2nd day of July, 1951 on the improvement known as the EAST DAYTON STREET ]A VEMENT as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2668-1951, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on May 7, 1951, and confirmed by said Board on June 11, 1951, be and the s ame is hereby adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby requested to give notice of the hearing of Special Benefits on said Improvement , as required by Section N.111 or 120 of an Act entitled, ""An Act concerning Municipal Corporations' approved March 6, 1905. (signed) R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Freda G. Noble, Clerk Frank J. BruggnerBOARD OF PUBLIC AO RKS & SAFETY NOTICE OF HEARING SPECIAL BENEFITS ON STREET IMPROVEMENT No. 2666, 1951 South Bend, Indiana July 6th and 13th Notice is hereby given, that the following street improvement has been completed, The general character of the Improvement, the street, alley or public place on which it has been made, and the terminal points thereof, are as follows: EAST DAYTON STREET PAVE- MENT from east line of Vernon Street to the West line of Twyckenham Drive. roll There is on file the in the office of the City Controller of said City an assessment with with names of the amount of the the owners and descriptions of property subject to be assessed facia assessment, City Controller. prima and can be seen in the office of said I • The Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, at the office of the Board in said City, will onLlthe 16th day of July, 1951, at 10.00 o'clock A.M. CST receive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed against their property respectively, on said roll and will determine the question as to whether such lots, or tracts of land, have been or will be benefited by said Improvement to the amounts names on said roll,or is greater or lese than that named on said roll or in any sum. At which place and -time all owners of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be heard. (signed) R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer • Frank J. Bruggner Freda G. Noble, Clerk BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS& SAFETY !� Z �A letter was received from Mr. Harvey S. Cover in which he requested information on converting the storm sewer to a sanitary sewer in front of his home at Chippewa Ave- nue and South Michigan Street. Mr. Andrysiak, City Engineer, drafted a letter to Mr. Cover informing him that the storm sewer emptied into an open ditch which eventually flowed into an open creek running through the city, so there was no possiblity of the storm sewer every being converted into an sanitary sewer. ;i !j Mr. Silver Raley appeared before the Board to request permission for an airplane • j to drop balloons out of the plane to advertise the opening of a new drive-in Theatre. '1 The Board approved his request. This being the date set for receiving bids for the LaSalle Street sewer, the foll- ji owing bids were opened and publicly read: Haines & Haines A non -collusion affidavit and check in the amount 2526 South Main -Street, of V, 200.00 accompanied bid. i Elkhart, Indiana For the construction of Sanitary and Stora Sewers in Hydraulic and LaSalle 1 Avenues between LaSalle Avenue and the Race and between Niles Avenue and Sycamore Avenues, respectively, in the City of South Bend, Indiana Items Nos. 1 through 17, inclusively $42,829.50 i I� H. W. Hunter, A non -collusion affadavit and Cashiers Check in P. 0. Box 509 the amount of $2, 250 accompanied bid. !� Plymouth, Indiana i For the construction of Sanitary and Storm Sewers in Hydraulic and LaSalle i Avenues between LaSalle Avenue and the Race and between Niles Avenue and Sycamore Avenues, respectively in the City of South Bend, Indiana. Items No. 1 through 17, inclusively, .$399927.50 Mancini & Ventrella, A non -collusion affidavit and a certified check 831 West Taylor Street, in the amount of2,000.00 accompanied bid. Chicago, Illinois For the construction of Sanitary and Storm sewers in Hydraulic and LaSalle Avenues between LaSalle Avenue and the Race and between Niles Avenue and Sycamore Avenues, respectively, in the City of South Bend, Indiana. Items 1 through 15 inclusively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,350.00 Item No. 16 . . 2,018.75 Item No. 17 5055.00 The above bids were taken under advisement for tabulation, and award will be made at a • ; later date. 'i I STREET DEPARTMENT; Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertaining to his department w ere discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned' !� at 11:15 A.M. a' AT EST: 3 i July 2, 1951 An application for a taxi -cab license filed by the United Cab Company, Inc., which was duly advertised and set for hearing on Monday, June 25, 1951 at 10:00 A.M. CST. at the City Hall. At the request of the applicants this meeting was adjourned until this date at 2:00 otclock P.M. CST. Present at the hearing were the Board of Public Works and Safety, Mr. George Sands, representing the United Cab Company; Mr, James Keating, representing Walter Whitacre, a member of the public and Secretary of Courtesy Cab Association, and William Heierman, i a member of the public and President of the Taxi Drivers Local Union No. 141 (AFL) and i Mr. George Beamer, representing the Indiana Cab Company and the South Bend Cab Company. The record will show that a request was made to swear the witnesses. Joseph D. Pawlowski, 1710'Western Avenue was called by the pEtitioners. Mr. Pawlowski stated.that the,United Cab Company is a corporation. It was incorporated first in the name of Secure Investment Company and later changed to United Ct Company. He further stated that Mrs. Ruth Brennan is President of the Corporation, Mrs. Jeanette Cramer is Vice-president of the Corporation and Joseph Pawlowski is Secretary -Treasurer of the Corporation known as the United Cab Company. The business is presently being operated from the residence of Mrs. Ruth Brennan, 215 West Marion Street, South Bend, Indiana, and their calls are being taken, and dispatched from the Yellow Cab Company office at 320 East Jefferson Blvd. Mr. Pawlowski was questioned as to the areas which were served by the United Cab Company, including Notre Dame University, St. Mary+s College, Roseland, Mishawaka, Gilmor Park and other surrounding areas outside the city limits. Mr. Beamer cross-examined Mr. Pawlowski. Mr. Pawlowski was questioned as to the number and kind of vehicles the United Cab Company was going to{use, and also whether these cabs would be on the street twenty- four hours. He stated, eight cabs were,in use most of the day and night. Mr. Keating questioned Mr. Pawlowski about the drivers for the United Cab Co., and asked if they were all licensed Taxi -cab drivers. Mr. Pawlowski listed their drivers as follows: R.V. Rice; Martin Gildea; Mary McNeal; Leanard Geans; J White and Bertha Nespo. The following witnesses were presented by the petitioners: Robert Vernon Rice, 216 South Laurel Street, Mishawaka, Indiana;.Martin Joseph Gildea, 426 Wenger Street, South Bend, Indiana; Mary McNeal, 609 Queensboro Street, Mishawaka, Indiana. The foregoing witnesses testified that they served many suburbs of South Bend, that there were few time when they were on duty that they did not have fares, that they picked up passengers ,byo cruising on the streets and by stLnding at cab stands, that they called at the railroad stations and the bus stations frequently and always got fares, that they sometimes took two or three hours off during the night when business was slow and went to a movie. Mr. Baer said the Board should know who the stockholders were. The Board was infor ed that t here were, 2000 shares, at no, par value of which Mrs. Ruth Brennan was the owner of 1800 shares, Mrs. Jeanette Cramer was the owner of 100 shares and Joseph Pawlowski was the owner of 100 shares. All of the cabs are owned by the company and are paid for, that the company had spent,$5,000.00 for radio equipment and are waiting for a permit fr the Federal Communications Commission for radio service in their cabs, and that they had no outstanding llebts. Mr. Pawlowski also stated that they had filed the regular insuran policies with the Controller's Office covering all eight cabs. Mr. Keating then called a witness for the remonstrators, Mr. A. W. Johnson, 1129 Blaine Avenue, who testified that, he does, not. own a, car, and is not able to drive a car. That he is in poor health and uses taxi -cabs for transportation sometimes five or six timesa day. That 'he has never had any, trouble_ getting, a cab.. . That he, calls the Indiana or South Bend Cab Company and rarely has to wait more than three or four minutes for' a cab to appear. He further testified that he did not know what was going on but that he had been asked to appear and testify and had done so. The attorneys for the remonstrators then called William Heiermann, 116 South 29th Street, President of the Taxi -Cab Drivers Union, Local #141 A.F.L., who testified that he had been driving a taxi cab in South Bend since 1936, that at times he has told Mr. Liss and Mr. Sharp that there were too many taxi cabs on the street and that they dzuld take some of them off for a few hours, that there are 175 members in Local #141 and that they are not making the same amount of money in 1951 that they did in 1950, although they are working the same amountof time and have had an increase in pay. That last year five men were laid off because there was not enough work to keep them busy. Mr. Sands then cross-examined Mr.Heierman and the meeting was adjourned at 5:30 P.M. to be continued until July 5, 1951 at 2:00 p.m. IN P9 =1�1154810%4! Mw July 5, 1951 SPECIAL MEETING Y This being the date set for continued hearing on application for a taxi -cab license by the United Cab Company, said hearing was held. Present at the hearing were the Board of Public Works and Safety, Mr. George Sands and Joseph Pawlowski, representing the United Cab Company; Mr. James Keating, represent- ing Walter Whitacre, a member of the public and Secretary of Courtesy Cab Association, and William Heierman, a member of the public and President of the Taxi Drivers Local Union No. 141 (AFL) and Mr. George Beamer, representing the Indiana Cab Company and the South Bend Cab Company. • 0- • • • 0 0